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Kaoru Mitoma in action during the World Cup in Qatar in December 2022. Mitoma's availability for the Asian Cup, which begins Friday, is uncertain due to an injury.
SOCCER
Jan 11, 2024
Samurai Blue the favorites as Asian Cup kicks off
Samurai Blue manager Hajime Moriyasu's team has enjoyed a strong year since, losing only once in 12 matches and winning 4-1 in Germany in a friendly.
Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu (second from right) congratulates his players after they won an international friendly match against Thailand at Tokyo's National Stadium on Jan. 1.
SOCCER
Jan 8, 2024
Rising Japan faces test of resolve at Asian Cup
It is a testament to the growing wave of talent coming out of Japan that many top European club managers are lamenting their temporary January absences.
Japan midfielder Kaoru Mitoma controls the ball during extra time of the team's Round of 16 match against Croatia at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Mitoma was named to the Samurai Blue squad for the upcoming Asian Cup despite an ankle injury.
SOCCER
Jan 4, 2024
Samurai Blue call on Mitoma to help erase Asian Cup 'frustration'
Brighton coach Roberto De Zerbi said late last year that Mitoma would be out for up to six weeks after hurting his ankle in a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace on Dec. 21.
Palestine's coach Makram Daboub speaks to his players during a training camp in Abha on Dec. 29.
SOCCER
Jan 3, 2024
Gaza war overshadows soccer as Asian Cup looms for Palestine
The players have "a constant feeling of anxiety for their families," Makram Daboub, a former Tunisia coach and player, said by telephone.
Yuki Kondo-Shah beside the U.S. Embassy where she works in London on Dec. 22. As U.S.-China tensions rise, national security employees with ties to Asia say U.S. counterintelligence officers wrongly regard them as potential spies and unfairly ban them from jobs.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 2, 2024
Asian American officials cite unfair treatment in China tensions
Federal employees say they are being blocked from jobs for security reasons because of their ties to Asia, even distant ones.
Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min celebrates a goal during a match in January. The Premier League standout will be among the stars on South Korea's squad for the upcoming Asian Cup.
SOCCER
Dec 29, 2023
Son Heung-min to lead South Korea squad 'ready' to win Asian Cup
Son will captain a squad that also includes Bayern Munich defender Kim Min-jae and 22-year-old Paris Saint-Germain attacking midfielder Lee Kang-in.
Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma in action against Crystal Palace on Thursday at Selhurst Park in south London.
SOCCER
Dec 22, 2023
Kaoru Mitoma's ankle injury raises Asian Cup concerns
The 26-year-old may have been hurt as he was brought down in an unsuccessful penalty claim late in the match at Selhurst Park.
Vissel Kobe players celebrate their J1 title last month in Kobe. J. League clubs are broadly in approval of a plan to move the start of the season to August beginning with the 2026-27 campaign.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 15, 2023
J. League clubs throw support behind summer start to season
At a meeting in Tokyo, only one club opposed the proposed change that would bring the league in line with top competitions in Europe.
Yokohama F Marinos manager Kevin Muscat (center) celebrates with his players after their third goal against China's Shandong Taishan in an Asian Champions League Group G match at Yokohama's Nissan Stadium on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Dec 13, 2023
Yokohama beats Shandong to book Asian Champions League last-16 spot
The last-16 lineup also features Japan's Ventforet Kofu and Kawasaki Frontale.
Peter Utaka (second from right) and his Ventforet Kofu teammates celebrate after a goal during the team's away win over Thailand's Buriram United on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Dec 13, 2023
J2's Ventforet advance in Asian Champions League
Ventforet became the first Japanese second-division team in the history of the Asian Champions League to advance to the knockout stage.
Samurai Blue manager Hajime Moriyasu speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Thursday.
SOCCER
Dec 8, 2023
Japan must 'deal with anything' at Asian Cup, Moriyasu says
The Samurai Blue are one of the favorites for the tournament in Qatar, which kicks off on Jan. 12.
Urawa Reds midfielder Kaito Yasui takes aim at the Hanoi FC goal during his club's road defeat at the hands of the Vietnamese side on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Dec 7, 2023
Title holders Urawa Reds dumped out of Asian Champions League
An 87th minute penalty condemned Maciej Skorza's side to defeat when they needed a win to have any hope of advancing.
Australian coach Graham Arnold prior to his team's 2026 World Cup qualification match on Nov. 16 in Melbourne.
SOCCER
Dec 6, 2023
Mideast teams best suited to Asian Cup's scheduling: Australia coach
Graham Arnold noted that his country — as well as Japan and South Korea — has many players based in Europe, making the January scheduling difficult.
Urawa's Jose Kante celebrates his decisive goal during the team's win over Wuhan Three Towns on Wednesday at Saitama Stadium.
SOCCER
Nov 30, 2023
Last-gasp effort keeps Urawa alive in Asian Champions League
The Reds were heading for a group-stage exit until Jose Kante struck from the edge of the box to give them a 2-1 win.
Kawasaki’s Leandro Damiao (left) scores his team’s second goal on a night that saw Frontale clinch a spot in the last 16 of the Asian Champions League on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Nov 29, 2023
Five star Kawasaki ease into Asian Champions League last 16
The result kept Toru Oniki's side six points clear of second-placed Ulsan Hyundai in Group I with one round of matches remaining.
Kawasaki's Kyohei Noborizato (left) fights for the ball with Pathum United's Danilo during their Asian Champions League match on Tuesday in Kawasaki.
SOCCER
Nov 8, 2023
Second-half goals see Kawasaki stay perfect in Asian Champions League
The win has Kawasaki Frontale a step closer to the Asian Champions League last 16.
Freestyle wrestler Akari Fujinami earned one of Japan's 52 gold medals during this year's Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 9, 2023
JOC focuses on silver lining after Japan's Asian Games performance
Japan's total medal count stood at 188, the first time it did not reach 200 since collecting 189 at the 2002 meet in Busan, South Korea.
Japan's athletes participate in the closing ceremony of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 9, 2023
Asian Games come to close in Hangzhou
Medals were contested across 40 disciplines, including non-Olympic ones such as kabaddi, sepaktakraw and the Go board game.
Japan's women's volleyball team celebrates its silver medal during the podium ceremony at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Saturday.
OLYMPICS
Oct 8, 2023
Japan looks to youth at Paris Olympics after mixed Asian Games
Japan is looking to its young talent to impress at next year's Paris Olympics after finishing a distant second in the Asian Games medals table to host China.
North Korea's flag has been raised at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, which concluded on Sunday, in contravention to sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 8, 2023
North Korea to let doping officials back in for testing
WADA declared North Korea's national anti-doping body "non-compliant" in 2021 because it was unable to get its testers into the country.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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